Chair of the Institute of Place Management (IPM), Professor Cathy Parker MBE was invited to chair the recent OECD Re-Imagining Town Centres webinar, held in November 2024. Over 400 people attended the event, which was co-hosted by the Japanese Centre…
In July 2018, an Expert Panel was launched by former High Streets Minister Jake Berry MP, then-Secretary of State for the Ministry of Housing, Communities, and Local Government (MHCLG). The panel was tasked with identifying some of the most pressing…
Ian Harvey attends the High Street Rental Auctions Showcase Event where detail of the government’s new policy to address long-term vacant shops was revealed. HSRAs are a lever for tackling long-term vacant shops, but their success will depend on…
Institute of Place Management members took centre stage at the annual thinkinglace event in Chesterfield on 12th November, leading discussions on the future of place-making, place leadership, and the role of place-partnerships in high street revitalisation. With a line-up that…
IPM Director and Professor of Place Management, Steve Millington delivered a keynote speech at the 8th Annual International Place Branding Association (IPBA) Conference in Bangkok, Thailand. The IPBA Conference is renowned for bringing together place branding experts, practitioners, and researchers…
Manchester Metropolitan University is pleased to announce the appointment of Ian Harvey as the new Head of the Institute of Place Management (IPM) Professional Membership Network. Ian brings a wealth of senior professional experience and a proven track record of…
Wednesday afternoon brought us the Autumn Budget. Subtitled “Fixing the Foundations to Deliver Change”, the budget indeed focuses on the basics of the economy, fiscal context/rules, public services, and investment. The Budget has a bit of a retro 1970s feel,…
A report from the Urban Thinkers Campus Conference synthesises insights from a range of case studies including the High Streets Task Force (HSTF) and work done by IPM, highlighting both the pivotal role of public and private sector collaboration in…
On Wednesday 16 October 2024 Catherine Atkinson, MP for Derby North, introduced a parliamentary debate on town and city centre regeneration. Like the House of Lords Inquiry we covered last week, this was an opportunity for us to understand more…
Dr. Lynette Washington visited the IPM last week to present a seminar which was the result of the conclusion of a collaborative five-year research project which examined place leadership in the context of the transition away from the car industry…